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Managing time when time doesn't exist

The Ultimate Productivity Paradox Imagine explaining to your boss why you’re late for a meeting because time doesn’t actually exist. Not in the philosophical “time is a social construct” sense that gets you invited to fewer dinner parties, but in the rigorous scientific sense where quantum gravity’s most fundamental equations contain absolutely no time variable whatsoever. You’d be attempting to justify tardiness using cutting-edge physics to someone whose greatest temporal insight is schedulin

Reading NFC Passport Chips in Linux

For boring and totally not nefarious reasons, I want to read all the data contained in my passport's NFC chip using Linux. After a long and annoying search, I settled on roeften's pypassport. I can now read all the passport information, including biometrics. The NFC chip in a passport is protected by a password. The password is printed on the inside of the physical passport. As well as needing to be physically close to the passport for NFC to work, you also need to be able to see the password.

The Probability of a Hash Collision

The probability of a hash collision Tags: probability A hash function takes arbitrarily complex input - a word, a website, an image, a human being - and maps it to a single number. This is useful for various computer science stuffs, such as data storage and cryptography. For example, let's say you want to store a book in one of N N N boxes. If you put the book in a random box, it's quite likely that you'll forget which box you picked, especially as N N N gets bigger. What you can do instead i

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PNG is back

PNG is back! Jun 24 2025 A new PNG spec was just released! Everyone, go update your 2003 forum avatars. Jokes aside, this is exciting news. PNG is back to its former glory after its progress stalled for over two decades. Did you know the U.S. Library of Congress, Library and Archives Canada, and the National Archives of Australia recommend PNG? It is important that we keep PNG current and competitive. After 20 years of stagnation, PNG is back with renewed vigor! What's new? Proper HDR support

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HPE's GreenLake intelligence brings agentic AI to IT operations

In case you haven't heard, GenAI is old news. Now, it's all about agentic AI. At least, that certainly seems to be the theme based on the latest announcements from the major tech industry vendors. All of them are focused on driving the story of more autonomous actions enabled by AI. That said, there's still a tremendous amount of activity and advancement happening in the "traditional" era of generative AI – particularly around integrating the technology into businesses and their internal IT ope

Asus pushes 2,600W into RTX 5090 to prove new cableless GPU power connector works

Forward-looking: As cases of burning and melting RTX 5090 power cables continue to mount, Asus has demonstrated that its new Back to the Future (BTF) power connector design can maintain safe temperatures while delivering more than triple the GPU's stock wattage limit. The test also revealed that BTF can work in tandem with traditional 16-pin connectors – just in case anyone ever wants to attempt a 2,600W overclock. In a recent Bilibili video, translated by Tom's Hardware, Asus China GM Tony Yu

What’s inside Genspark? A new vibe working approach that ditches rigid workflows for autonomous agents

Join the event trusted by enterprise leaders for nearly two decades. VB Transform brings together the people building real enterprise AI strategy. Learn more Vibe coding has been all the rage in recent months as a simple way for anyone to build applications with generative AI. But what if that same easy-going, natural language approach was extended to other enterprise workflows? That’s the promise of an emerging category of agentic AI applications. At VB Transform 2025 today, one such applicat

Stanford’s ChatEHR allows clinicians to query patient medical records using natural language, without compromising patient data

Join the event trusted by enterprise leaders for nearly two decades. VB Transform brings together the people building real enterprise AI strategy. Learn more What would it be like to chat with health records the way one could with ChatGPT? Initially posed by a medical student, this question sparked the development of ChatEHR at Stanford Health Care. Now in production, the tool accelerates chart reviews for emergency room admissions, streamlines patient transfer summaries and synthesizes inform

Solos unveils AirGo A5 and AirGo V2 smart glasses with hands-free AI

Solos is unveiling two new smart glasses models with hands-free AI: AirGo A5 and AirGo V2. With intuitive interaction, superior sound, advanced video capabilities, and camera-enabled AI, Solos said the two products set a new benchmark for wearable intelligence, making wearable AI more intuitive, accessible, and integrated into daily life. The Boston company unveiled them at the Smart Glasses Summit in Hong Kong. AirGo A5 is an ultra-light, audio-first smartglasses product with hands-free AI, “

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Report highlights uncomfortable truths about Tump Mobile and its T1 Phone

Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR A new report from The Financial Times has revealed some concerning truths about Trump Mobile and its “Made in America” T1 Phone. The company behind Trump Mobile’s network operations is registered to a luxury apartment and has a shaky public presence. A Trump Mobile spokesperson told the publication that the T1 Phone is manufactured in Alabama, California, and Florida, but experts doubt these claims. Trump Mobile came out of left field with a mobile networ

Few Americans pay for news when they encounter paywalls

Compilation of major news outlets’ paywalls prompting readers to become paid subscribers to view their content. (Pew Research Center collage) Newspaper revenue has been in decline for decades, and most Americans now prefer to get news from digital devices. In this environment, many news organizations – and not just newspapers – put paywalls on their websites or apps, blocking access to articles or other content unless news consumers pay or subscribe. The vast majority of Americans (83%) say th

Advanced Python Function Debugging with MCP Integration

Gnosis Mystic 🔮 AI-Powered Python Function Analysis and Control Gnosis Mystic gives AI assistants direct access to your Python functions through runtime hijacking and intelligent analysis. Add minimal decorators, and Claude can inspect, optimize, and control your code in real-time. Inspiration and Work Mystic was inspired by Giantswarm's mcp-debug. Code by fairly stock Claude Code. Prompts, code sketches, and planning by Claude Desktop using Gnosis Evolve tools. ✨ Why Gnosis Mystic? The P

Playing First Contact in Eclipse, a 3-Day Sci-Fi Larp

Eclipse is a three-day sci-fi larp set in 2059. Earth has been wracked by environmental disasters, leading to widespread civil war. Humanity’s hopes lie in the Eclipse space programme, established to find a new home using wormhole technology. When the larp begins, all 150 players are in a base on Gliese 628A, one of seven candidate planets for colonisation. The three days take place in real time as the base initiates first contact with aliens. Like Arrival and Interstellar, twin inspirations fo

PicoEMP: low-cost Electromagnetic Fault Injection (EMFI) tool

The PicoEMP is a low-cost Electromagnetic Fault Injection (EMFI) tool, designed specifically for self-study and hobbiest research. Under the safety shield it looks like this: You can see some details of the design in the Intro Video. Thanks / Contributors PicoEMP is a community-focused project, with major contributions from: Colin O'Flynn (original HW design, simple Python demo) stacksmashing (C firmware for full PIO feature-set) Lennert Wouters (C improvements, first real demo) @nilswier

Canal Boat Simulator

Dear Reader, Alcohol is a hell of a drug. It’s night. I’m sitting and drinking my Jura. Relaxing with an episode of “Narrow Escapes“, a show life on Britain’s inland canals. Tonight’s feature is about a pair of young canal boaters: Amy is a game streamer and Wes is a game level designer. Everything is going swimmingly until Wes says : I’d definitely like to make my own small game at some point Probably narrow-boat themed So I goes PFFFFFFTTT I BET ITS GOING TO BE A GRITTY CANAL BOAT GAME!!

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Mid-sized cities outperform major metros at turning economic growth into patents

New research provides ammunition for spreading federal R&D dollars beyond Silicon Valley. Economists Federica Coelli (EBRD) and Paul Pelzl (NHH Norwegian School of Economics) studied 2.5 million patents across 759 U.S. communities over 40+ years. Their finding: smaller urban areas innovate effectively when economies improve. Current reality: Just 5% of U.S. communities produce 75% of all patents. Share By the numbers: The boom effect: 8.3% increase in overall patents when oil/gas employment

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Microsoft Releases Classic MS-DOS Editor for Linux Written in Rust

Edit A simple editor for simple needs. This editor pays homage to the classic MS-DOS Editor, but with a modern interface and input controls similar to VS Code. The goal is to provide an accessible editor that even users largely unfamiliar with terminals can easily use. Installation You can also download binaries from our Releases page. Windows You can install the latest version with WinGet: winget install Microsoft.Edit Build Instructions Install Rust Install the nightly toolchain: rus

‘Andor’ Star Stellan Skarsgård Was the Ultimate ‘Star Wars’ Script Rulebreaker

The level of secrecy on Disney’s prized franchises is known to be on another level. Between Marvel and Star Wars, script and set leaks are something the studio wants to keep the spigot closed on. But it turns out that sometimes tight security makes the work challenging for its stars, including certain cast members of the hit Disney+ show Andor. The nugget of behind the scenes lore was revealed while Andor star Diego Luna, who is currently doing a stint hosting Jimmy Kimmel Live, had own his Sta

‘Ironheart’ Has Kinks to Work Out, But Flies High Enough

Since Avengers: Endgame, the MCU has examined which heroes will step up now that most of the original characters have bowed out. In the case of Iron Man, this question has mostly been answered in Spider-Man, but fans of the armored Avenger’s comics know his actual successor comes in Riri “Ironheart” Williams, introduced in 2016 by Brian Michael Bendis and Mike Deodato, Jr. Marvel brought Riri into the cinematic fold with 2022’s Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, with the promise of her eventually

Anker Recalls 1.1 Million Power Banks for Fires and Explosions: How to Get a Free Replacement

Electronics company Anker has announced an official recall of Anker PowerCore 10000 power banks with the model number A1263, following 19 reports of the portable chargers catching fire and exploding. The Consumer Products Safety Commission reports that more than 1.1 million of the products sold in the US are affected by the recall. The company plans to replace the charging devices, but customers must submit photo evidence of ownership and also prove that they've disposed of the PowerCore device

How to Watch ES Tunis vs. Chelsea From Anywhere for Free: Stream FIFA Club World Cup Soccer

It's a must-not-lose match for Chelsea today in Philadelphia as they take on tournament surprise package ES Tunis in this decisive Group D clash. Below, we'll outline the best live TV streaming services to watch every match of the tournament as it happens, wherever you are in the world. We'll also explain how to use a VPN if the match isn't available where you are, along with a full match list. The Blues collapsed in the second half of their last Club World Cup outing against Flamengo, concedi

'Ironheart' Review: Marvel Series Is Not Too Heavy, but It's Not Too Light, Either

The first time Riri Williams' solo TV show was mentioned was in 2020 when Kevin Feige announced Ironheart and Secret Invasion along with a few other Marvel Phase 5 releases. He said both series would tie in with Marvel's feature films. It's true: Ironheart is connected to the larger MCU -- aside from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever -- and for that reason alone, you should watch all six episodes of the series to the end. All the way to the very end. Ironheart is streaming its first three episodes

Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Wednesday, June 25

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Ironheart believes the children are the future

Before the multiverse, magic, or any of Marvel’s streaming series were important parts of the studio’s cinematic universe, there was Iron Man. After years of so-so movies, Iron Man reminded everyone that Marvel’s big-screen adaptations could be amazing with the right creative teams and stars attached. Robert Downey Jr.‘s Tony Stark was the MCU’s centerpiece and a prime example of how the House of Ideas could make box office record-breaking icons out of its lower-profile characters. A couple of t

'Fast tech' warning as demand for cheap gadgets heats up

'Fast tech' warning as demand for cheap gadgets heats up 59 minutes ago Share Save Chris Vallance Senior Technology Reporter Share Save Getty Images Demand for so-called "fast tech" - cheap electronic items often quickly binned or abandoned in drawers - is growing, a not-for-profit that works to reduce electronic waste has warned. Material Focus singled out heatwave-fuelled demand for battery powered mini-fans as an example of the problem, suggesting over seven million were purchased last yea

Windsurf CEO Varun Mohan throws cold water on 1-person, billion-dollar startup idea at VB Transform: ‘more people allow you to grow faster’

Join the event trusted by enterprise leaders for nearly two decades. VB Transform brings together the people building real enterprise AI strategy. Learn more As AI-powered tools spread through enterprise software stacks, AI coding platform Windsurf’s rapid growth is becoming a case study in what happens when developers adopt agentic tooling at scale. In a session at this week’s VentureBeat Transform 2025 conference, CEO and co-founder Varun Mohan discussed how Windsurf’s integrated development

How to use your iPhone as a digital driver's license - but only in these states

'ZDNET Recommends': What exactly does it mean? ZDNET's recommendations are based on many hours of testing, research, and comparison shopping. We gather data from the best available sources, including vendor and retailer listings as well as other relevant and independent reviews sites. And we pore over customer reviews to find out what matters to real people who already own and use the products and services we’re assessing. When you click through from our site to a retailer and buy a product or